The Canton of Les Saintes is a former
canton in the
Arrondissement of Basse-Terre
The arrondissement of Basse-Terre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 18 communes. Its population is 185,012 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Ba ...
in the department of
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
. It had 2,882 inhabitants (2012).
[Populations légales 2012: 971 Guadeloupe]
INSEE It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 2 communes,
[ which joined the ]canton of Trois-Rivières
The canton of Trois-Rivières is an administrative division in the department of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Trois-Rivières.
Com ...
in 2015.Décret n° 2014-235 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Guadeloupe
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Municipalities
The canton included 2 ''communes'':[
*]Terre-de-Haut
Terre-de-Haut (; ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, including Terre-de-Haut Island and a few other small uninhabited islands of the archipelago (''les Roches Percées''; '' Îlet à Cabrit''; '' Grand-Îlet''; ''la Red ...
*Terre-de-Bas
Terre-de-Bas (; ) is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. Terre-de-Bas is made up of Terre-de-Bas Island and several uninhabited islands and islets in the group of Les Saintes islands ('' ...
See also
*Cantons of Guadeloupe
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Guadeloupe department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March of 2015:
* Les Abymes-1
* Les Abymes-2
* Les Abymes-3
* Baie-Mahault-1
* Baie-Ma ...
*Communes of Guadeloupe
The following is a list of the 32 communes of the Guadeloupe overseas department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
*Arrondissements of Guadeloupe
The 2 arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department are:
# Arrondissement of Basse-Terre, (prefecture of the Guadeloupe department: Basse-Terre) with 18 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 185,012 in 2021.
# Arrondissement of Po ...
References
Saintes
Les Saintes representation into Guadeloupe administration
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015
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